HandMade Flowers

I spent the better part of this weekend making paper flowers. Why? Well, I would like to do a tutorial on youtube and thought I’d better get it right first and of course why not? Paper flowers last forever and handmade is so much more precious than store bought; don’t you think?  So here is a quick step by step

First cut out 5 petal flower you’ll need 5 of these. You can cut them by hand or use a punch or even if you’re lucky enough to have a die cutting machine use that.

Next , take one of the layers and use an end of a marker or something else that’s round and curl the petals around it.

Then glue the layers together making sure to offset each layer t make a fuller flower. The last layer is the bud you can make a tighter bud or looser depending on how much you curled them around the marker.

At this point you’ll want to cup the flower in your palm to add form to it.

Finish by taking the end of a paint brush and curl the petals do this to each layer for a more realistic look.

You can spray your flowers with several mediums to get the color you like best like water colors, lindys, or ranger mist and/or dies. It’s better to color your flowers before you glue them. The results are wonderful and make great embellishments for any project.